eastbay wrote:
They are doing this for ADVERTISING DOLLARS. If they open up a site in a separate frame, and still have their site "up" in the other frame, they can show an ad (which they are doing). This is kinda dirty, not sure if its legal or not. Maybe unethical?
I see what you mean about frames perhaps being unethical. There are may ways to 'steal content'. Are links also unethical ? This is not stealing the story, but it is theft of the headline and the URL. I know there are many sites which don't allow this by blocking links to pages. How about references to images, is that unethical. Many websites block image references.
What about the reorganization of other correspondents reports. This is the most common so-called "theft", where a reporter will rewrite a story in his or her's "own way" omitting certain information and adding other anecdotes, the bulk of the story lifted material. Correpondents do this in the press rooms at meets, in the office, at home, or at Starbucks. As mentioned in earlier posts, this is the practice of letsrun.com, trackandfieldnews.com, americantrackandfield.com, runningnetwork.com, trackshark.com and thousands of other generic, vanilla aficionado web sites. But it is also the practice of the A.P., Reuters, A.F.P., etc. Correspondents can't create content out of thin air, and can't be at every press conference and meet. Thus they report "AS IF" they are actually there, when they actually are in their office. As we have seen, reporters are seldom there, and re-write material, adding there own twist. Welcome to the world of journalism.